Content creator and Miami resident Oswaldo Graziani usually co-hosts a podcast that explains American politics to Venezuelans called Pueblo People.
But following the disputed presidential election in Venezuela, he鈥檚 turned his attention to his native country鈥檚 political and economic crisis and drawn thousands of viewers to with his co-host Ra煤l Stolk.
鈥淭he Venezuelan diaspora in the U.S. and around the world is extremely united about what鈥檚 going on in the country,鈥� Graziani said.
Venezuela鈥檚 National Election Council declared President Nicol谩s Maduro the victor in the July 28 presidential election but have yet to produce voting tallies to prove he won 51-44%. The opposition claims to have tally sheets showing it won.
An Associated Press analysis Friday of vote tally sheets released by the opposition coalition indicates that their candidate, Edmundo Gonz谩lez, won significantly more votes than the government claimed, casting serious doubt on the official declaration that Maduro won.
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Graziani was born in Caracas and immigrated to Miami 10 years ago. He鈥檚 a self-proclaimed 鈥減olitics junkie鈥� and has been producing political satire content for almost two decades.
Graziani said he鈥檚 frustrated by the deceitful behavior, but it鈥檚 not his first time seeing unfair elections in Venezuela.
鈥淏efore it was 鈥� more like the psychological warfare that they [used to] make people vote for them,鈥� Graziani said. 鈥淭his time, not even that was enough.鈥�
Amidst the turmoil, Graziani sees his role as to inform Venezuelans 鈥� living in the country and abroad.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of censorship,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o anything that can be 鈥eliable information that we have the privilege outside to watch and see and discuss, is something that is very valuable for people inside Venezuela.鈥�
Graziani is hopeful Maduro can be removed from power and that democracy returns to his homeland. He cited multiple countries, including the U.S., Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, who recognize Gonz谩lez as the winner of the election.
鈥淲e need to bring back democracy. It鈥檚 as simple as that,鈥� Graziani said. 鈥淚f we can be able to 鈥� respect the process, Sunday would have been a completely different thing.鈥�
